SEO ROADMAPSEO ROADMAP

“The SEO Roadmap was born out of necessity. This guide will help save you a TON of time by pointing you towards the best SEO resources

available out there by answering some common SEO questions.”

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WHERE CAN I GET A WHERE CAN I GET A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE SEO PROCESS?THE SEO PROCESS?

“I think the best way to deliver that type of concept all at once is with an infographic. An infographic is a large picture that displays information in an easy to digest format. Since infographics can engage us so easily, they are a great way to learn.” www.harrisonkenyon.com

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WHERE SHOULD I WHERE SHOULD I LOOK FOR QUICK AND LOOK FOR QUICK AND EASY BACKLINKS?EASY BACKLINKS?

“There are a lot of ways to get backlinks to your site. One of the quickest, though, is with directory submissions. Also, there are tons of directories out there to submit too and most are free.

A couple of tips - don’t waste time on these directory submissions. If the site’s CAPTCHA is acting up, just move on. If there is a charge, no matter how small -- move on. If they require a link back from your site, then move on as well.”

WHERE SHOULD I LOOK FOR QUICK WHERE SHOULD I LOOK FOR QUICK AND EASY BACKLINKS?AND EASY BACKLINKS?

Here are some great directory resources:

DMOZ - The first directory to submit to. The most powerful and the only one to truly care a lot about.

Add URL - A huge list of directories to submit to.

Strongest Links - Another directory list

Directory Critic - Yet another directory list

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WHERE SHOULD I DO MY WHERE SHOULD I DO MY KEYWORD RESEARCH?KEYWORD RESEARCH?

“Keyword research is obviously an important step to any SEO campaign. There are a number of tools out there that can help you choose the right keywords. Most of these tools will give you an estimate of how many times a term is searched, as well as other suggested keywords.”

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WHERE SHOULD I DO MY KEYWORD WHERE SHOULD I DO MY KEYWORD RESEARCH?RESEARCH?

The following tools will help with your keyword research:

Google Keyword Tool

Keyword Discovery

LSI Keywords

SEO Book

WordTracker

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WHERE CAN I FIND OUT WHERE CAN I FIND OUT WHERE I RANK ON THE WHERE I RANK ON THE SEARCH ENGINES?SEARCH ENGINES?

“If you are actually putting time into SEO, then you probably want to track your progress right?

The best way to do this is to actually search on the search engines; however, if you are starting out, you may be way back on the pages. It wouldn’t be worth the time to scroll through 10 pages of Google.”

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WHERE CAN I FIND OUT WHERE I ALREADY WHERE CAN I FIND OUT WHERE I ALREADY RANK ON THE SEARCH ENGINES?RANK ON THE SEARCH ENGINES?

The following tools will help you figure out your SERP (search engine results placement):

Google Rankings

Market Leap

SEO Centro

Site Map Doc

SERP Rush

Quick Note: SEO isn’t an instant process, you might not see your efforts pay off right away, but if you commit to SEO, it will pay off.

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WHERE CAN I LEARN WHERE CAN I LEARN ABOUT THESE ABOUT THESE “BACKLINKS” ?“BACKLINKS” ?

“Backlinks aren’t all about Google and SEO either. The more backlinks you have out there, the more people can stumble across. Backlinks not only help your SEO efforts, they can directly send traffic to your site. That is win-win.”

WHERE CAN I LEARN ABOUT THESE WHERE CAN I LEARN ABOUT THESE “BACKLINKS” EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT?“BACKLINKS” EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT?

Backlinks should be a part of any SEO strategy, and will continue to be for the immediate future. Here is where you can find some more info on backlinks:

Get BacklinksHubpages Backlink GuideTop 10 Backlinking TechniquesBacklinking GuideBacklink Watch

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WHAT SHOULD I DO ON WHAT SHOULD I DO ON MY WEBSITE TO HELP MY WEBSITE TO HELP

WITH SEO?WITH SEO?“Quick Note: In general you won’t have to spend as much time with on-page SEO because once you do it, you will be done outside of tweaking. Backlinking should be a regular strategy.

However, many people (me included) include adding fresh content to your site as an SEO step, so make sure you are regularly adding unique content to your sites”

WHAT SHOULD I DO ON MY WEBSITE TO WHAT SHOULD I DO ON MY WEBSITE TO HELP WITH SEO?HELP WITH SEO?

If you are interested in getting some SEO feedback, check out:

Website Grader

Site Scorer

Pear Analysis

SEO Scores

SEO Workers

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WHAT THE HECK DOES WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS SEO TERM MEAN?THIS SEO TERM MEAN?

“If you are getting into SEO, then you need to know the most used terms. You need to know the difference between noFollow and doDollow, long-tail and short-tail etc...”

WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS SEO TERM MEAN?WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS SEO TERM MEAN?

Luckily, there are some great glossaries online that will help teach you SEO specific lingo:

Rlrouse

SEO Glossary

SEO Moz

SEO Theory

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I NEED A CHECKLIST TO I NEED A CHECKLIST TO FOLLOW!FOLLOW!“Some people need more guidance than others when it comes to learning. Others want concrete details and instructions.

There is nothing wrong with either method, it just comes down to what works for you. If you need specific instructions, then you probably love check lists. What could be more straight forward?”

I NEED A CHECKLIST TO FOLLOW!I NEED A CHECKLIST TO FOLLOW!

Here are some SEO related checklists that you can follow:

60 Essential Checks

Complete SEO Checklist

High Priority Checklist

Onpage SEO Checklist

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IS THERE ANYWHERE I IS THERE ANYWHERE I CAN DISCUSS SEO WITH CAN DISCUSS SEO WITH OTHER PEOPLE?OTHER PEOPLE?

“The easiest way to do that is to join a web forum. There is a web forum or message board for just about every topic on earth. SEO is no different.”

IS THERE ANYWHERE I CAN DISCUSS SEO IS THERE ANYWHERE I CAN DISCUSS SEO WITH OTHER PEOPLE?WITH OTHER PEOPLE?

The following forums will help you get your SEO questions answered:

Digital Point SEO Guy

High Rankings Site Point Forums

IM Talk V7 Network

SEO Chat Web Pro World

SEO Forums Webmaster World

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WHERE DO I GET THE LATEST WHERE DO I GET THE LATEST INFORMATION ON SEO?INFORMATION ON SEO?

If you would like to stay on top of all the latest SEO information, then make sure you follow a couple of these blogs:

David Mihm SEO Blog

Distilled Blog SEO Book Blog

GrayWolf SEO By The Sea

Huge Guzman SEO Chat Blog

Pole Position Marketing SEO Design Solutions

Practical SEO SEO Moz

Russ Hudgens SEO Theory

SEER Interactive

BONUS #1 - ARTICLE DIRECTORIESBONUS #1 - ARTICLE DIRECTORIES

A1 Articles Acme Articles

Amazines Article Alley

Article Bin Article Biz

Article Blast Article Buster

Article City Article Click

Article Compilation Article County

Article Cube Article Dashboard

Article Feeder Article Friendly

Article Geek Article Pool

Article Pros Article Rich

Article Slash

Article Snatch Article Sphere

Article Trader Articles Base

Articles Factory Associated Content

Bright Hub Bukisa

Buzzle Content Articles

Easy Articles Ehow

Evan Carmichael Ezine Articles

Ezinemark Gather

Go Articles Helium

Hub Pages Idea Marketers

Info Barrel Information Bible

Isnare

Knol My Free Article Central

Pub Articles Search Warp

Self Growth SelfSEO

Site Reference Snipsly

Sooper Articles Squidoo

Submit Your Article Suite 101

The Free Library Triond

Ultimate Article Directory Upublish

Web Source Xomba

BONUS #2 - URL DIRECTORIESBONUS #2 - URL DIRECTORIESA2Z Web Directory

Aauml

About Directory Web Resources

Ad Walker

Add Link

Adora

Agri Education

All States US Directory

AOL Directory

Arxiugavin

Bali Directory

Astral Directory

BE41

Best Directory 4You

Bio Watch Med

BL Free

Burb Blog Directory

Colorado Directory

Cultu TU

Data Soft System – websites and articles

Deshi Web

Directory Stop

Diverse List

Dmoz

Dynn

Ebba

En Forum

FATM

Free Website Directory

Global Online Business Directory

Gozoof

Hit Web Directory

Human Edited Web Directory

IFCC FBI

IM Talk Submitter

Info Listings

Jaydee

JSum

Kiwi Dir

Kovex Directory

Link Connection

Link Dir 4 U

Link Pedia

Little Web Directory

Lurpo

Magellan

Mainostoimistot

Media HP

Mee Link

My Directory

Myriad Webs

Open Directory

PiSeries

Plenty Links

Pop Net

PR Web Directory

Puppy URL

PxDaj

Retail Axis

RoAsk

SEO Directories

Simple Directory

Spicy Page

Sports Blog

Sports Directory Blog

Starting Point

Step Mind

Submit Blog Now

Submit Link

Submit URL

Summer Rain

The Directory

TheDirectory

Top Blog Area

Top Blogging

Top Sites

Tower Search

TurnPike

U Will Find

URL Broadcast Daily

Vis Team

Web Directory

Web4 Link

WebPage Star

Website Joint

Xeem

Yahoo Site Explorer

Yoo Findit

Your Joker

Zopso

BONUS #3 -RSS & PING SUBMISSION BONUS #3 -RSS & PING SUBMISSION SITESSITES4 Guys Formula

9 Rules

Ana Tech

Automotive Directory

Blo.gs

Blog A Rama

Blog Digger

Blog Search Engine

Chordata

Feed 4 All

Feed Burner

Feed Cat

Feed Listing

Feed Mailer

Feed Plex

Feed See

Feed Shark

Feedage

FeedAgg

Feedgy Feeds 2 Read

Gabbr Globe of Blogs

Golden Feed Ice Rocket add blog too

Its My News Jordo Media

Keegy Leigh RSS

Med Worm Million RSS

ooBdoo Network Ping O Matic

Plazoo RDF Ticker

Read a Blog Red Tram

RSS Buffet RSS Chomp

RSS Directory RSS Feed Directory

RSS Feeds

RSS Micro

RSS Motron

RSS Mountain

RSS Root

RSS Stop

RSSFeeds

Rub Hub

Solar Warp

Source Forge

Twiggly

Xmeta

BONUS #4 - BLOG SUBMISSION SITESBONUS #4 - BLOG SUBMISSION SITES

AB Blog All For Blog

All Top Best of the Web Blogs

BL Logs Blog AZ

Blog Bunch Blog Collector

Blog Digger Blog Dir

Blog Dire Blog Directory

Blog Directory Submission Blog Directory WS

Blog Dirs Blog Explosion

Blog Hints Blog Intro

Blog Listing Blog Popular

Blog Pulse

Blog Rate Blog Roll

Blog Search Engine Blog Top List

Blog Universe Blogappedia

Blogged Blogger HQ

Blogging List Blogo Wogo

Blogoculars Blogotion

Blogs Blogs Canada

Blogs Collection Blogs Ranker

Blogs Rater Blogs That Follow

Blogville BlogZ

British Blog Buzzer Hut

Ckalari

Conseillemo Crayon

Delightful Blogs Demand Media

Directory Blogs Droool

Eze Flookie

Fuel My Blog Get Blogs

Globe of Blogs Google Blog Search

Grokodile LS Blogs

My Blog 2u My Blog Directory

My Blogs NYC Bloggers

OnTop List Photarium

Photo Blog Directory Planet USA

Quick Blog Directory Regator

Swoogle Total Blog Directory

URLZ Web World

Webloogle

BONUS #5 - SEO ADD-ONS FOR FIREFOXBONUS #5 - SEO ADD-ONS FOR FIREFOXBROWSERBROWSER

Fire Bug

Foxy SEO Tool

Google Enhancer

Moz Toolbar

Rank Checker

Sen SEO

SEO Doctor

SEO for Firefox

SEO Link Analysis

SEO Quake

SEO Toolbar

Swoosty SEO Tools

BONUS #6 - FREE SEO SOFTWAREBONUS #6 - FREE SEO SOFTWARE

Alexa Rank Checker

SEO Power Suite – has free version

SEO Surf

Serp Attacks

Traffic Travis

BONUS #7 - TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT SITESBONUS #7 - TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT SITES

Guess what? Traffic can effect SEO! You need to track traffic so you know if your SEO is effective, what your bounce rate is and where your traffic comes from. All useful SEO facts!

Awstats – already installed on many hosting sitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Website OptimizerPiwikSite Meter – free and paid optionsStat CounterWebalizerWoopra

BONUS #8 - MISCELLANEOUS SEOBONUS #8 - MISCELLANEOUS SEORESEARCH TOOLSRESEARCH TOOLS

Alexa

Archive

Backlink Analyzer with Page Rank

Backlink Checker

Backlink Report

Bing Webmaster Tools

Compete – free and paid versions

Domain Tools

Find Broken Links

Free Backlink Checker

Google Search Insights

Google Traffic Estimator

Google Trends

Google Trends for Websites

Google Webmaster Services

Index Rank

Keyword Research Gadget

Link Analysis Gadget

Majestic SEO

Open Site Explorer

Search Status

SEO Logs – check how difficult your keyword will be to rank for

Spy Fu

Trend Reports

Xinu

Yahoo Clues

BONUS# 9 - MISCELLANEOUS BONUS# 9 - MISCELLANEOUS BACKLINKBACKLINK

TOOLSTOOLS

Back Links Builder

Free Back Link Tool

Search Optimization School

Social Monkee

Yahoo Site Explorer

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